AMNY** Aug 13/25 NYC wants Lyft to ID riders prevent under 16 miscreants

Randy Mastro has formally requested that Lyft-partner in Citigroups Citibike require ID from potential riders. This to prevent-or try-riders under 16 from freewheeling and stealing on Citi e-bikes. In the opinion of a knowledgeable public safety advocate Mastro is doing what Mayor Adams should have been doing for 3 years. Another PS advocate claims Adams wants to subsidize Citi bike. Adams polling at 7% in the upcoming election. He'd better push it-to get the campaign contribution Sweet deal for the corps all the way back to Bloomberg admonistration. https://www.amny.com/nyc-transit/city-asks-lyft-to-require-id-for-citi-bike-e-bikes-to-curb-underage-riders/

AMNY Aug 4 25 Queens E-Biker fatally struck by SUV

55 year old e-biker fatally struck by 62 year old SUV driving female. .Hollis Court Boulevard & 50th St. Of particular interest in this article is the mention that the mayor recently proposed new rules for moped and e-bike delivery agents working for food delivery companies. Moreover Priscilla's Law advocates Electric Vehicle Safety Alliance concludes the piece referencing its call for all e-veicles to be registered with the DOT-NOT ONLY those affiliated with app companies. Progress folks**E-BIKE COLLISIONS UP 25% this year.** OOOPS..*****https://www.amny.com/news/e-bike-rider-queens-fatally-struck-collision/

USA TODAY- Blast of accidents involving scooters

Very thorough aritcle detailing the explosion of accidents invovling scooters. Primarily e-scooters. Seen as low risk they actually generate a far higher number of accidents than e-bikes. Same lax situation. No enforcment. No protective helmets.**************https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/08/04/e-scooter-safety/85347698007/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

Personal Experience--Astor Place** High Noon 7/30/25

While crossing LaFayette St just past the moving sculpture N of the Public Theater- A man with grey hair-tee shirt-jeans just ahead of me. A man on a e-bike was running at the usual race time uptown. As the delivery agent approached he rang the bike bell. Immediately the man ahead of me turned-croached-and growled with a visceral antipathy that was as much menace as frustration. Right from the gut. 25 years of being victims in our own skin and streets. "This all started with Bloomberg." The bike had passed behind us. "You got that right." One gray head to another. While I'm at it-It was Bloomberg who responded to the irrational armtwisting of Charles Komanoff to withhold enforcement by the NYPD on rogue cyclists. Money Mike wanted to attract the digital industry. Mission accomplished. Great swaths of the westside were bought and developed by the teck oligarhs. Gorgo enforcement-the backbone of a responsible bike culture-to accommodate the preference of tech employees to cycle. Yes it did begin with the zealotry of TA and the complicity of Bloomberg As Jeenaette Sadik Khan said at the Rudin Center "It's good for real estate. How much of the west side might Bloomberg enterprises have owned? Bloomberg said he wanted to increase the density of the city to 12 illion residents. Want NYC to be a "luxury destination." Does that include the savaging of the quality of public safety and quality of life? When your self worth is focussed of making money and feeling important by giving it-stratically away-some thing are simply collateral damage.

WPIX** Senior Citizen cyclist Hit & Run driver 21

2nd Ave & 15th St. Lower East Side hit and run. 65 year old e-bike cyclist hit. Suffered traumatic head injury. Driver-21- caught in Brooklyn 2 hours later. Was cyclist wearing a helmet? Who was doing what when the encounter occurred? Not informative. At least it will be an accurate statistic involving an e-bike. https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/hit-run-leaves-bicyclist-critical-131730149.html

Zealot vs Zealot Youtube:Frieda Vizel(Bedford Ave Bike Lane Battle)

Cyclist Frieda Vizel has done a commendable job with a video presentation about the Hassidic uprising against the protected bike lane along Beford Aveneue.Succinctly:There was never an environmental impact study conducted for Vision Zero. Enforcement was actively opposed and imposed from the beginning. This undermined the NYPD. Enforcement is the backbone of a responsible bike culture. The arrogance of the founders of Transportation Alternatives subsequently transmitted to the members of TA and adopted by digital commerce has devasated public safety and blugeoned the quality of city life. Possible solution? Send Charles Komanoff and Mark Gorton-TA prinipals- for a Bar mitzvah refresher course and invite the Grand Rebbe to exit the Mitzvah tank and go for a cycling swarm on a midsummer night.********************https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd-tp9GrQyE

Brownstoner**Judge Approves dismantling of protected Bedford Ave bike lane

The Hasidim in Brooklyn succesfully took on Transportation Alternatives in court and prevailed. The usual subtrefuge, misinformation, inaccurate citation of statistics were of no avail against at least 12 incidents reliably reported of children being hit by cyclists. Whoops TA-looks like you're hoist on your own petard. Zealotry first and foremost. Zealotry above all. Screw public safety and common sense. Screw the advice of internationally recognized authorities. Charles Komanoff "the sophist" knows best. Mark Gorton-hedge fund operator-developer of Lime Wire-= music theft software-supporter of Robert "The Doc" Kennedy knows best. ZEALOTRY UBER ALLES*****************https://www.brownstoner.com/brooklyn-life/bedford-avenue-protected-bike-lane-bed-stuy-judge-decision/